Customer Ratings & Reviews

Works great. Does it’s job and when you place the cd/dvd it sounds great as well. Would recommend for budget or just a cheap and easy way to copy on a disc.

Reads and writes very well. Write speed is faster than expected and the quality is very good

perfect to play your clasic cd and with better audio to stored in your computer.

Easy set up and I was using it immediately. I am happy with this product.

Best portable DVD drive …easy to carry and it’s looks great

Great price BUT noticed how while watching movies makes movies pause for a long time like it was loading and sometimes I’ll just plug it in the laptop put a movie in and computer will just freeze

Bought this to go with my new Dell 27" all in one pc since it does not have a DVD drive. I own an older external DVD drive but it's much bigger, it's very noisy and it requires its own power source. This was literally plug and play -- just plugged into a USB port and I was able to install some older software that I wanted on this new pc. It's thin so it fits right under my pc -- I leave it plugged in all the time. It's much quieter and faster than my old DVD drive. This is almost as good as having a built-in DVD drive.

Hard to believe we needed DVD ROM. PC's just have USB and SSD these days. I haven't had the need for an external drive for several years. My wife purchased some software on DVD and we realized we had no way to load it. This is plug and play with no required software load, although it came included. Great little drive that does the trick. No issues. 100% compatible with Windows 10 and its built in software. Good read/write speeds. Quiet. Small. Easy to use.

The disk drive I got is good! It wasn’t difficult to set up, runs quickly, and so far has worked great. It has run multiple old disks of games from childhood that were a bit scratched up, I was impressed. The only minor issue I have with it is that it’s quite loud (I checked the temperature, it wasn’t getting hot).

This product has been a Godsend since I have many photos saved to CD. My Ney laptob did not have a DVD drive, and this was easy to use and took up little space on my desk. I also like the fact that it was also compatible with my Dell Laptop, and light weight and easy to take with me when I travel. I was not used to an external drive, so I had to learn to use it.

Very easy to setup and use. Works great, writes cd very quick and easy.

The first one I got at the store proved defective right out of the box when I got home and installed it - took it back and Best Buy store personnel swiftly got another one from the display shelf - and tested it at the Geek Squad counter - assuring it was "to spec" and the replacement item worked as it should. Simple, lightweight, and price was right.

This Dell DW316 external DVD drive is fantastic! It’s sleek, lightweight, and very easy to use. Just plug it into a USB port, and you're good to go—no complicated installations required. The performance is smooth and reliable, whether burning CDs, playing DVDs, or installing software. The build quality feels premium, and its compact design makes it portable. It’s perfect for laptops without an internal optical drive. Highly recommend this drive for its quality, functionality, and value!

My older HP OMEN began to die, so I purchased a new OMEN tower system. My old OMEN had a built-in DVD RW drive; for some reason HP didn't seem to think their new system needed one. Purchased this Dell DVD RW, plugged it in, and it works fine. A little noisy, but that's okay.

You get Dell reliability and you only need a low-power USB2 port to connect and power it; no power cord is needed. I run this drive plus a 4 TB USB hard drive from a USB 3.0 hub attached to the single USB 3.0 port of a Dell 7506 2n1 (the new one) with no problems whatsoever. I have so far used the unit to rip several hundred CDs, HDCDs, and HRx discs via dbpoweramp with zero operational problems. According to the dbpoweramp program, this also seems to be one of the rare current external CD/DVD drives which will detect C1 errors. At the price, even if it fails after a thousand or so CD rips, it's still a bargain.

The DVD/CD slim external disk drives takes up very little room and works as well as the larger interior drives. I am very happy with it.

Easy to work and it does a real good job Works well with laptop

Works as advertised and is slim and easy to carry. With laptops giving up on CD/DVD drives this is a real help.

With external CD/DVD drives becoming scarce and no longer standard on most new computers, I couldn’t pass up the chance to grab this Dell USB Slim DVD+/-RW Drive for just $20. It’s a reliable brand, supports M-Disc, and is perfect for anyone who still prefers DVD backups like me. At this price, I even bought a spare to keep in storage for future use. Simple, functional, and a great deal for a quality product!

Plug & play...space saving device that's simple and at a great price.